Carbureter.



lJ. SGHREIBER.

GARBURETBR. APPLICATION IILEDVJULY l11,"1912.

- Patented-N011 11, 1913.

` Wn iesws.-

ATTORNEY.

a vertical set-tional detail on the line 'LL-L' of Fig. l. with the lloat omitted: ltig. Il is a top plan with parthl broken away; lig. l

CARBURETER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov., i 1,1 913.,

Application filed July 11, 1912. Serial No. 708,904.

forth in the speeitiration and pointed out in the elaiuis, luf the drawings. Figure l is a middle Vertical section of the carliurcter; Fig'. i im is an elevation otl the upper portion ot' the earl'iureter, with parts broken a\\'a Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional detail on y the line .3-5 ot' Fig. t; Fig. t3 is a detaehed enlarged side elevation ot' the valve-support aut. seat, and air-Valve, and controlling' devint-ester the valve', Fiyi? 7 i; a bottom plan of' l'ig. t3; Fig. S is an e of the feed-valve easing and the stein of the hood for the `tloat-,ehamberi Fig. S) is a eross-'seetion on the line t--ti of Fig. tt; and Fig; l() is a crow-:sectionthroughthe needlevalve on the line ttl-10 of Fig. l.

'hepresent invention relates to a. type ot Carburetor specially applicable in eomieetion withrvinotors Jfor automobiles or Heltpropelled vehicles,A and has for its objects (l) to provide means for automatically con` trotting the air supply which serves as a eoinl'ilenient to the spray of gasolcne issuingr from the gas nozzle o 'aspirator with a vieu' of maintaining a perfeet mixture under gen* eral servit-e conditions; to provide means under the control ot' the ehautt'eur or .'foerator lor admitting a sudden influx ot soleneinto the lloat chamber for purpoheeA of a rich starting mixture; (23) toproride means lor feeding" the air in paths rouwta1 ing.y 1from the periphery ot the carinii-eter toward and across a centrally or axially disposed gas nozzle, thereb \,7 etl'eetin;r an intimate initial mixture between the air and gasolene;` (4) toprloa'ide ineans1 for feedinxgl to this initial "mixtnre supplemental charges of air to'furniidi"the"E proper complement of oxygen for'the perfect mixture necessary inI general service, suoli supplemental charges lai-ged middle vertical set-tion being likewise directed along radial lines converging fr( in the periphery of the ear` bureer toward the axis or' the mixing chainber; (5) to provide -meam` for automatically eontrollingft-he au.\;iliar5VY air\al.\'e aeeordinfar to the degree ot vacuum in the chamber7l and means for regulating said valve with a View of maintaining a. perfect mixture for a given type olf' motor or engine; (t5) to provide meansl for adjusting the valve which con troll the jet from the aspirator; (7) to provide ineans for keeping warm the walls of the earbureter (o) to construct a carburetor in which all the parts are disposed t-synnnct-y ricaly about a common central axis; and (D) to provide further and other features ot eonstruetion the'adrantages of which Vwill het-ome apparent from a detailed description ot' the invention which is as follows:

Referring' to the drawings, l represents the t'ioat chamber in wliieh located an annular eorlt or equivalent floatwell understood in the nrt. the float herein being shown as of eork. The floatehainber provided with a cover or hood 5 Shouldered to the upper edge of the chamber, `Said cover having.; an upper outer itat o r disk-shaped portion or section n. and a central inverted conical (or trun-i ratedronieal) portion or section b, an intermediate t-.ylindrieal portion c, .and a bottom stem Il; all .symmetrically,disposed about the axis of the tloat:V chamber and earbureter. The portionr, are provided with anaxial passage-nay i at the top of which is secured the stein ot' a conical .spray nozzle or aspirator L shouldered to the portion c and projeetin; into the section I). The stein Z iS :shouldered to the bottom of the chamber l and projceth` a suitable distance beyond and below the saine. The -pasaag'e r is int-eraeeteil by a trai'isverae chamber 7L formed in the eetion c, there being' pivoted'between the .side extcnsione` or walls c of `aid ehan1- ber on oppimite aides of the axi of the pasaeeavay i the lererh` the end:l ot' Whose loir;r arms bear agrainet the bottoni of the. float Q. the ende of the short arml operating in, and on opposite sides of an annular groove t3 formed' near the upper end a stein 7 coupled to the intake valve 8 v id loosely operating' (bet Ween the levers) in said passageway e'. The parts 7, 8, are con'- neetion, a pin a being driven through the parte so as to leave the valve 8 hanging freely from the stem 't'. The valve 8 Operneeted together by a tongue and groove eonates loosely in a passage c" (which is in alincmcnt with the passage i) formed in the valve casing 10, said casing being connected to the stem d by lneans of a nut or union 1l, a clamp nut 12 being interposed between it and the bottom of the float chamber. At the saine time the hood 3 is drawn tightly to the walls of the float-chamber as obvious from the drawings. The valve 8 'controls an intakeport 13 connecting the passage 'i' with a chamber 14 to whichl the gasolene is frstconducted through the passage-way 15 formed in the casing 10, the passage 15 rece'iving the hydrocarbon from the gasolene connection 16 which is secured tp the casing by a union nut 17. Across the port 13 is held .a strainer 18, a spring 19 within the chamber 14 bearing with one end against the strainer and holding the same in position, the opposite end of the spring resting on a screw-plug 20' serving as a draincock, the

same being provided with 'a valve 21 well understood in the art. The jet through the nozzle 4 is controlled by.' a pe-ripherally longitudinally grooved screw needle valve 22 Whose lower endis provided with a Igroove or recess rito receive the tongue t formed at the upper tad of the stem 7, .said stem and tongue operating as a screwdriver .for the valve. :By uncoupling the valve-casing 10,

so as to expose the valve 8, the latter may be seized and raised .until the tongue tengages the recess r, after whiclrby giving the members 7, 8, a turn (they rotatingA as a unit by virtue of the tongue and groove connection between them) in proper direction, the valve 22 maybe accurately adjusted to deliver a lspray to suit the motor. The form of valve here shown is well understood in the art.I

The levers 5, 5, in no' wise interfere with the rotation of the stem 7,the ends of their rshort lever-arms playing'ffreely in the groove 6. The needle valve being set, the casingl() sa'ttached and the carbureter is ready for service. The float resting on' the leverss, 5, causes them to lift the stein 7 and its valve 8 sutii'ciently to open the port 13 to allow for the necessary feed of the gasolcne (through the',.clearance passages o, Fig. 9) into the float-chamber under ordinary service conditions, the level of the gasolene being main- -tained at substantially the line (Fig. l);

but for starting purposes where a rich mixture is desiredpreparatory to cranking, it is desirable to admit an increased volume of gasoleire into the float chamber or to Hood or flush-the same, and this may be accomplished'by mechanism under the control of the ohaut'eur -whereby a maximum depression may be imparted to the Hoatthus littl ing the vfeed-valve v8 its fiill lim'i't and opening wide the port 13. This flush-mechanism Is'as follows z-Formcd on the section a of the hood 3 above the float 2 is a socket 23 directly thereto.

through the bottom of which operates a lushiilig pin 21, a coiled compression spring interposed between the bottom of the socket and the head of the pin serving to hold the lat-ter retracted from the float. The head of the pin is engaged by the end of one arm of a bell-crank lever 26 pivoted between lugs 'w near theedge of the hood, the outer` arm of the bell-crank being coupled to a rod 27 leading to within easy reach of the chauffeur whereby the bell-crank may be oscillated in proper direction to depress the pin 24 sufficiently to engage and depress the Hoat, and thus suddenly flush the floatchamber for the purpose specified. Obvi-y ously a depression of the float will depress the outer ends of the levers 5, 5', causing the inner ends thereof to lift the members 7, 8, and allow the gasolene to rush into the open chamber k and hence into the float chamber 1.

The Heat chamber with its hood or cover mayI be considered as the lower section of the carbureter, the upper section being coupled The upper section 1 is formed with an outer water-jacket 28 having hot water-inletund discharge openingsv 29, 30, 30', respect-ively any manner of pipe connections being improvised to introduce and conduct away the water, and not neces-v sary to enlarge u on here since falling within the purview o the skilled mechanic. One of the openings may4 be closed by a plug while the other tworemain in service. The

base of the upper carburetor section terminates in an annular Harige 3l substantially semi-circular in cross-section, there beiner formed, integrally therewith and distributed along the inner face of the flange, a serios of bosses 32 corresponding in number (thi-eci) to the series of lugs 33 disposed' about Athey unner edge of the hood 3. Formed in tegi'allyl with the lugs 33 are outer ledges 33 with the bottoms of which the upper faces ofthe bosses are adapted to engage.y

l-y superposiiw the flange 31 over the hood and lowering the lsection l so as to cause thebosses to come to one side of their respective lugs, and then giving theI section 1' `asuthcient rotation to bring the ybosses under the ledges 33", the parts are readily secured by running` screws m diagonally through the bosses to' the ledges 33. iVhen the sections are thus united there is left a circunivei'ential peripheral clearance between the sections, resulting in vcoi'i'esi'iondingair-intake openings or slots 34 the continuity oi which, is interrupted only by the lugs 33,

so thatpractically there is left a circiiinferv l `ential peripheral slot for the free passage of air toward vthe jet discharging from the nozzle 4:, the .ain flowing toward (and past) the nozzle in converging streams.` vItmay be stated'in passing t-liatfthe flange 3] is" Ll t) Seat 559 the spring t7 contracting with an throi'eh heopeninfls E of the valve-Seat 39 ...e upper portieri of the miiiing ehann lThis auxiliary airconiplement Hows bei'.

'll'g'f 25 sulla" i if allow for the neoessary 48 being 'disposed between yhe bolts asv play o Athe bell-naait or flood lever QG above shown. Pivot-ally secured between a pair referred izo. of lug-g5 or ears llll, 4t), is a forked bell-crank The water-infinit surronnrls the upper lever 50, die forked terminals being pijoport'ion of ihe mixingr :llmniber the vided with studs which .'engag'ertl'le upper .ea'nonrete1'1 the oulrl from Said chamber beface of the rinorr 4S, he forli arms teiininat- 70 ing controlled by the rotary throttleuvalve ing oppoeit the bolts il. *lilgaginy; the 3G whirh establishes eonnnunieation between vfree end ofthe outer short arni ol the bellit and the vaeunni ebaniber 37 beyond the Icrank level' 50 is a screw-siem 5;). mounted iu throttle, said ihrott'le being eoupled to the a boss or rib o3 disposed arrose ihewat'erlever 3S under control of the chauffeur iisd jacket 28, the head 5ft of the .www having- 75 understood in lle art. r secured thereto or l'ornied therewith a rylin- Forming the lower portion o't the mixing drieal apron or shield 55 operating` 'in a Ichamber is a iifylinder or tubular shell 3) soeket 543 `formed on the bos@ Fi. :i lorh (foinwhose upper end is provided with an annnpression-spring' Si' bein;` housed within the lar flange 39 werving a valve-seat, said soeletniid shield. and roiled about the stem 8a seat being provided with air passages or and bearing againai; the had 54. "l`hi'3 openings The lower end of the cylin- Spring (57)' servos to loi-h the .crew-siem der tern'iinaten in an inverted conical intake against. rotation onre it inl been torneo'. and mouth 40 encompassing lle Yspray-marziale 4- driven thepi'oper di tanre inward m anse and extei'nlingr e. suiahle distance below the lever 50 to impress on thi` epring; AT er, the point of .discharge from said nozzle, the the proper lena-ion b v whirh the air -i'alve ejflindrieal wallso'f the Shell around the isheld lo its seat. lt is obvious .ol' i-onree month 4t) beingl exended in the form of feet that. by driving' the seri-w 52 :ia-.dosi the or lnfrs l2 adapted to Vrest on an annular outer arm ol the hell-vrind.' Ml. i'he l'orhed ledge i3 alvv the. horse of lle section ZJ of ilu. arme; thereof will be depreSSiil. vani-Ting; the no hood 3,1'he seat hearing against. an. annustuds Fil, to depri-sa the ring; i3 and huhl lar shoulder n. on the inner water-jaeiet eoinpress the spring' il?. The degree ott-oin-` iiall. the member 39, 39 being' thns held -inesfsion imposed on the spring' t7 deterrifgi-lly in posi. =n Within lie upper seeion mines the tenality n ih n'hirh tlnl aix votre of the oarbuifeter, Sealed on the Wire-Seat is held to its seat', and heure the degree ot' 95 5ft and corel-ire' the openings or air-plier var-mun neeessary to unseat the saine. TheA ll iiiereoi" is an auxiligiiry annular eix'- nerim-stern 52 thusl regulates the lena-ion of valve il lwhirl; in its Seated or depressed lhe Spring at? and therefore 'the pree'fsure by ifosition mais ot? the ilow of ail' through the whirl; the air-valve is held to its Seal.. 'lhe opening'e into the upper portion of ihe niixdegree of that pressure mayr be ind'n'atedby 100A ing' chamber; he only eon'nnnniention be a reginter or ,graduated scale R eonsisting of 'ween the air inialn slos 3l and the mixing: a Series oi' niarlts on the periy'ihery ot the chamber being' tin' ,5h the annular pansageapron 55. way y) between ille nozzle fi and mouth il@ olf Front the loi-eterninir1 the operation ol the lli-e Shell 39, the Chambon: whioh in eti'eet earbureter will now be understood. '.i`he 105 'forme the lower portion of the mixing eham- 'manner ot normal flow of the gasolene into bei' (see plain arrows in Fig. l). Unless the tloat.ehainber troni the eonnertion lf3 service eondilthvne require a lifting of the through the passages n around the ineinbero airw'alve.lieialter remains seated orelosed. T, 8, and the innnnei-` ot" flushing the carlhe holding thereof lo iin Sea being eileeted bureter for eranling' pi'irpoieeiby a proper 110 and the inienaitv with which itV is so held bemanipulation oi' the bell-crank Hood-lever ing delerniineo, by the followingr4 meeha- 2G has already been explained and requires nifnn: tireur-eil lo fixe air-valve lliland passno repetition here. Assuming that the* ening loosely 'through the Seat 39 are bolts B, fine has been eranledfand the. 'automobile v ehe. lower ende. of which are. coupled to die started, it', will be. apparent that as Ithe Speed 115 dlaine-Mirail;7 of tely disposed lugs of the motor is increased, the gi afer will be oi a rhannel i' ent 4C in which restas the draft. exerted hy the Vacuum in vl'he the lower end oi e leoinpression Spring `einlniber beyond the throttle, an increase coiled dient the' oeil 39. the upper end of resulting from an increased opening; of the the ng be ngi against. an annular throttle rlhe snotion obvionoly will draw 32g 'Washer er ring; io, said ring and the sea-t Mi on the aspiratonand on the air romplen'ient` being lo( l". the shell l may bei '.'ffedlo he aspirator jet, and as he vVacuum elated in i; l ilia't the ali-valve is guided inertia-nee it will eventinhlly lift the air valve 'nte or i'eeipl'ooations bi; the again' the tension of ihe Spring 47, the bolts li which. operate freely through the li'l'i of the valve allowing',v eirlo rush 125 ing chamber guides the converging air cur-y into the space or air chamber formed around the shell 39 through the circumferential openings 34, ,thence through the o enings E (see dotted arrows Fig. 1), ming ing" with, the mixtureof gas and air from the aspirator discharging throughl the top of the shell, and through the opening of the annular air-valve resting on the iiange 39 thereof, the conjoint mixture passing from the upper portion of the mixing chamber into the vacuum chamber beyond the throttle. The auxiliary air complement permitted to mingle with the mixture leaving the aspirator is determined by the distance to which, andthe length of time during which, the air valve is unseated,'these factors being determined by the tension imparted to the spring 47 and which is regulated by the screw 52, such tension being in turn determined by the horse-power and character (gt the engine of any particular machine. A. llie regulation of this tension is facilitatedv 4by the register R marked on the apron which shows at a glance the distance to which the screw-stem 52 has been driven. I

lt will be seen that the conical intake 40 to the shell 39 or lower portion of the mixrents toward the mouth of the aspirator or nozzle 4, the said currents flowing across the said mouth, iinpinging against the innery walls of the shell which they enter as a fiaring sheet which is more or less impaled by the gasolene jet, the combined gasolene spray -and air mixing thoroughly in the chamber of the shell (which chamber as stated is-in effect the lower extension` of the mixing chamber) and when these encounter the converging auxiliary air currents admitted into the mixing chamber by the unseating of the air-valve, the two currents become thoroughly mixed before they passen here shown as circular may obviously be `Such an arrangement leads to compactness of structure and is cicncy. p

The cross-section of the carbnreter though `conducive to high eilipolygonal; Yand the term circumferential? as employed herein' is to be understood as extending to polygonal cross-sections 'as well At such intervals as as to circular ones. The member 39 with its flange 39inay be designated as an auxiliary air-valve sup ort, the immediate support for the valve ing of course the flange or seat 39. This support being a hollow or tubular member serves the additional function of a mixing chamber, performing thereby two functions at. the saine time. The air-valve and seat therefor though here shown as annular, may be polygonal without departing from the scope ofiny invent-ion, and the term annular in the claims is to be construed as covering polygonal formations as well as annular.

bviously, the carbureter need notbe 'restricted in its application to automobiles, but may be used with any suitable motor whatsoever.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a carburetor, a float-chamber, a nozzle leading therefrom, a. screw-valve for the nozzle, a float-controlled reciprocating rotatable valve-stem, and means on the nozzlevalve and valve-stem for turning the nozzlevalve upon rotation of the valve-stem.

2. In a carbureter, a float-chamber, a cen` tral nozzle leading therefrom, a membersecured to the float-chamber and spaced therefrom, and forming a circumferential air 1ntake" therewith, a langed tubular air-valvev support in said member envelop-ing the nozzle and spaced from the latter, an air-valve on said flange, a sprlng seat enveloping the l support, a compression spring encompassing the support and rest-ing on the seat, a washer ring loosely enveloping the support and resting on the spring, suitable connections 'between the spring seat and valve, operating loosely through the flange of the valve support, a forked bell-crank lever pivoted ,to the flange and bearing-with one end against the washer ring, a screwstem mounted on the carbureter wall and engaging the opposite end of the bell-crank lever, whereby the tension of the spring may be adjusted, a mixing chamber above the valve-seat or flange com- 1io l municating with the chamber of 'the valvesupport, and a throttle valve at the outlet from the mixing chamber, the parts operatifng substantially as and for the purpose set orth.

3. In a carburetor, -a iloat chamber, a hol'- low air valve above the same, a nozzle leadl ing from the float chamber and discharging through the air valve, a tension spring cou- ,pled to the air-valve, a bell-crank lever for controlling the spring, a screw-stem for ac- ,tuating the lever, a head on the stem, a holf low shield carried by the stem, a' socket, a. locking spring in the 'socket engaging the head of the stem,tlie walls of the shield being graduated for the purpose set forth.

4. Ina carburetor, a mixing Chambertin Y `:tubularvalvesupport havil'iglan upper ann nnzzlv loading frorrriho loat nnlur lhmfilscrvlng as a vulve seat, an air wlw run-ling on .ssad'soaty a float` *chamber Cl nl mhcw lnrlmrgrng into the charmb of'ihe valvesnpporl, n ledge around'the nozzle'ior supporting the base ofthe valve Support, a sult-A ahlo conical formation on the support; for

' dimming the currents from the' nozzle -into tho vhmnhor of-tho support, loolts secured to thvol vulve and pnSsngloosel'y through the annular sont, n. channel ring surrounding the Supportand secured to the bolts, a, washer ring loosely encompassing the slpl port, a compression spring coiled aboutv the support and engn'gingAthe"channel ring and xwasherhrng, angljlncuns unil-er th'e control of the operator f rjsllfting the poilon of the pvasher ring whereby thoJ tension of thel spring oontrollngthe air-valve may he :u ljusted. Y

Witnesses: l f

FANN lr. "E, WEBER. 

